Chaman Lal Gupta
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Chaman Lal Gupta s a former minister of state in Government of India. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004.Earlier he held portfolio of food processing and civil avaiation . He was born in 1934 in Jammu and did MSC from a Jammu College and from Allahabad University.He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party .He is member of 11,1th and 13th Lok Sabha from Udhampur
[edit] Positions Held
- 1972-77 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
- 1987-90 Member, Public Accounts Committee; Public Undertakings Committee;
- 1973-80 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Jammu and Kashmir
- 1980-89 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Jammu and Kashmir
- 1990-95 President, B.J.P., Jammu and Kashmir (two terms)
- 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
- 1996-97 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
- 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
- 1998-99 Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Board
- 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
- 1999 - 2001 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation
- 2001- 2002 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food
- 1 July 2002 -2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
[edit] Books Published
- Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
- Sansad mein dedh varsh;
- Mere Prayaas (all in Hindi)